Gesetzmäßigkeit in des Scheinbar Willkürlichen Menschlichen Handlungen (Regularity in Apparently Arbitrary Human Actions)
by WAGNER, Adolph
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Hamburg: Boyes & Geisler, 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Applying Quetelets Theories to Human Behavior
WAGNER, Adolph. Gesetzmäßigkeit in des Scheinbar Willkürlichen Menschlichen Handlungen. Hamburg: Boyes & Geisler, 1864. Half-title + TP + [v] - xx + [1] - 80. Octavo. First Edition.
Wagners first book, Gesetzmäßigkeit in des Scheinbar Willkürlichen Menschlichen Handlungen (Regularity in Apparently Arbitrary Human Actions), he furthers the statistical studies of Adolphe Quetelet. This is Part I, which lays out the general principles that eventually, in Part II (separately published), he used in his specific study of suicide. Wagner applies Quetelets theories to his work. In his study of suicide, Wagner finds that the rates of suicide actually seem to follow certain statistical laws and could be statistically calculated. Such studies were of much use to positivists and those looking for the practical application of social physics.
CONDITION: Very good+ in original quarter-cloth with marbled boards. Very minimal external wear. Internally clean and free of markings except for a small 3-letter (BOS) stamp to top corner of front free endpaper.
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WAGNER, Adolph. Gesetzmäßigkeit in des Scheinbar Willkürlichen Menschlichen Handlungen. Hamburg: Boyes & Geisler, 1864. Half-title + TP + [v] - xx + [1] - 80. Octavo. First Edition.
Wagners first book, Gesetzmäßigkeit in des Scheinbar Willkürlichen Menschlichen Handlungen (Regularity in Apparently Arbitrary Human Actions), he furthers the statistical studies of Adolphe Quetelet. This is Part I, which lays out the general principles that eventually, in Part II (separately published), he used in his specific study of suicide. Wagner applies Quetelets theories to his work. In his study of suicide, Wagner finds that the rates of suicide actually seem to follow certain statistical laws and could be statistically calculated. Such studies were of much use to positivists and those looking for the practical application of social physics.
CONDITION: Very good+ in original quarter-cloth with marbled boards. Very minimal external wear. Internally clean and free of markings except for a small 3-letter (BOS) stamp to top corner of front free endpaper.
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- Title
- Gesetzmäßigkeit in des Scheinbar Willkürlichen Menschlichen Handlungen (Regularity in Apparently Arbitrary Human Actions)
- Author
- WAGNER, Adolph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Boyes & Geisler
- Place of Publication
- Hamburg
- Date Published
- 1864
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Quetelet, statistics, behaviorism, sociology, psychology, philosophy
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